Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-26
ALLEGED REPEATERS ARRESTED
Charges and Countercharges of At
tempted Frauds In Baltimore.

Charges and COu0tercb0fgeS OF At
tempted Frauds In Baltimore.
The Baltimore police have been arrestinQ many
persons arriv ng 10 the city the last few Us on
suspicion that they are "repeaters" who intend to
attempt illegal voting at to-days election The
democrats charge that they have secured evidence
tending TO show that some men were brought
from Philadelphia for the purpose Of illegally vot.
Ing the republican ticker. The republicans, Of
course, Indignantly repudiate any intention Of
VINO, they declare, have made whoies lie arrests
the Ia few days OF persons to whom no 1ust s,ls-
pcion ATTACHED IN order TO intimidate the colored
peope and others and thus facilitate frauds on
the ballot box In the interest OF the Democrats
on the arrival OF the Ericsson steamer from PHIL
adelphia at Baltimore yesterday morning the DO
lice arrested twenty-eight men on suspicion of
being repeaters They were sent to jail Thirteen
OF them were colore men, Later they were ar.
ored, testified that he lived at ia stockton aliey
Baltimore. He said he had been In Philaielphis
three weeks, had lost his job, and then took the
boat for home Taylor was sent TO 1ail again with
the other men for a further hearing.
STORY OF A NAN WHO WAS LET GO.
According to the Baltimore american, Herbert
Wilson, colored man, who came from Philadel.
phia on the steamer, and was arrested with the
other twenty Eight men, but was released Without
being taken 10 the station-house tells the follow.
Ing story: II live In Baltimore at III vincent
alley. 1 went to Philadelphia two weeks ago to
look for work, and got job In q cab stable As /
steamers wharf, in Philadelphia, Monday. i met
J. H. Taylor, colored man, who lives In Balri-
had no money, and asked me 70 lend him 9i' 10 the
price OF the passage, which did, and we gol on
the boat. Taylor told me be was going to vote for
we got 10 Light street wharf this morning an on
Ger In cltizen's clothes came up and said to me !:
DO you want Job?' said: What sort Of JOB;
go on an oyster boat7 He laughed and said !:
Come down stairs When / got down found
we've coiored men and thirteen while men in
Line, In charge OF q policeman. saw Mr. ONeill
"a detective), whom had known, and said: GOOD
morning He said: Hello, Wilson; how are your
and turned TO the policemen and said: Let Wilson
brill CO.. Another oficer asked me why came
here. told him, TO vote. He said: do you think
your vote will do any good? You had better stayed
way home, at Saratoga and st. Paul streets met
another on1cer, who asked me where came from
and where lived and / told him. He said, If you
don't know anybody here I'll arrest you and take
you TO the station, and started to do 1t. met a
sergeant later, and told him, when he questioned
HE, l caIhe TO vote. He said, You had bitter 90
Paul street TO get lawyer to get Taylor out Of
the station. went down TO the station with him
10 Identify Taylor and was driven out of the sta
tiOD. The lawyer called me back. The turnkey
said, You had better get out OF here before you
are locked up The police captain said, 'what do
you want here? III you don't get out OF here I'll
identity you pretty quick went away. cap
tain was on the boat who went TO Philadelphia. he
said, to get men 10 go down the bay to dredge.
He was angry when he saw the men he had hired
locked up knew Taylor ten years ago. He had
been In Philadelphia three weeks l was the only
man the policemen let 60"
THE MAN WHO MADE A CONFESSION.
Another crowd OF five men who had been ar
rested at the Union depot the arrival OF Phila-
delphia train were arraigned before Justice Hobbs
at the same time as the steamboat arrests John
McDermOtt. the white man o made confession
10 Marshal Frey on Monday night that he had been
hired 70 come 10 Baltimore 10 vote the republican
ticket, TESTIFIED that Charles johnson, coiored had
engaged him 10 come TO Baltimore to vote. He
said johnson told him that II he was smart he
could vote the republican ticket and make some
money. He also said Johnson told him he would
pay him 5 In advance.
MEN FROM WASHINGTON ARRESTED.
The Baltimore American OF to-day also says:
'Charies Skinner. OF the firm Of CLANCY Skinner,
shipping agents, who brought four coored dredgers
from Washington yesterday, was arrested by
Omcer Mainz at p. m, simply because the party
got on the cars on the east, instead Of the west,
SIDE OF the platform upon the arrival Of the train
at Camden station. The names OF the men were
VIM. Donable, Charles Boss, Vim. EastOn and JOS
Layton. They ali claimed that they had come
here 10 go TO work dredgers and got OF the east
side OF the platform 1t was nearer 10 the steamer
Sue, upon which they were to take their trip TO
the Potomac, where they were 10 ship as dredgers
Justice warned dismissed the cases.
1.-The republican and independent democratic
committees learned last night that a larg
party OF political workers, numbering about
thirty, were at a tavern on the Frederick road
near the station Of the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad. A prominent government Official was
seen In company with about thirty men In the 9Th
street station OF the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road, In w ,shingtOn and as he went from group
10 group they were all seen to have tickets for
Baltimore. The whole crowd took tn II :O5 o. m
train and eot on at the Frederick Road station.
When the train which LETT WASHINGTON at D. M
reached Frederick Road station, at TAT .. m, the
same Official was seen on the platform with a
number OF the men who were seen with him in
the washington depot He got On the train very
tired and muddy, with his face muffied up In his
overcoat, and came into this city. The gang will
be brought into this city early this morning."